Newton Baroque presents Feeling Obbligated: Sonatas for Oboe, Viola da Gamba, and Obbligato Keyboard

While continuo players typically enjoy a lot of freedom in their playing this concert features works from the Bach circle with obbligato (obligatory) keyboard or viola da gamba lines. One might even think of these written parts as constraints that replace the traditionally improvised continuo part in the bass. Many of these works with obbligato parts were adaptations or arrangements from other works. This concert will feature some 18th-century arrangements as well as several of our own inspired by 18th-century models. The program will include a performance of Bach’s cantata Ich habe genug with mezzo-soprano oboe fortepiano and gamba in the kind of prescriptive version C.P.E. Bach would have created for a performance at home instead of in church. 

Sonata in G Minor BWV 1020 J.S. Bach or C.P.E. Bach

Sonata in G Minor (originally B Minor) BWV 1030  J.S. Bach

Three Lieder by C.P.E. Bach

Wer is so würdig als du Wq 196/4 

Jehova herrscht Wq196/23

Neujahrslied Wq197/19

Sonata in D Op. 4 No. 1 Johann Gottlieb Janitsch

Dies sind die heil‘gen zehn Gebot‘ BWV 678 J.S. Bach

Ich habe genug BWV 82

Musicians:

Kim Leeds - Mezzo Soprano Alison Gangler - Oboe Douglas Kelley - Viola da Gamba Andrus Madsen - Forte Piano

Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/98abe2ac-e3ea-43bf-89ad-9b5ba8363084

Host or Publisher Alison Gangler